Chapter 27 Kiln-fired Bricks
Yang Guoqiang looked at Zhang Fugui and said, "Fugui, you can agree to what Manager Chen said."
Zhang Fugui was a little impatient and asked Manager Chen and said, "Then how much does Manager Chen plan to lend me?"
"I can only borrow 5,000 yuan, and I don't dare to make decisions if I have more. If you think it's feasible, then I will prepare the loan materials. If you think it's less, then I can't do anything about it. After all, this is already a loan for you for Secretary Yang's sake, otherwise I won't dare to lend you."
After hearing this, Zhang Fugui gritted his teeth and said in his heart: "These 5,000 yuan is not enough to buy construction equipment, let alone buy the materials needed for construction. What should I do?"
Dazhuang, who was standing aside, pulled Fugui aside and whispered in Fugui's ear: "Fugui! It seems that Manager Chen can only lend us 5,000 yuan at most. Although this 5,000 yuan is not much, we can put our engineering team aside first and use the loan to build kilns and burn bricks. The 5,000 yuan can almost build two brick kilns. When we get profits in three months, it will not be too late to get a loan!"
Manager Chen was a little impatient and said coldly: "Have you considered it? Should I borrow this or not?"
Zhang Fugui felt that what Dazhuang said was a little reasonable. After all, this is also the most reliable method at present, so he hurriedly said, "Don't lend it, don't be for nothing."
In this way, Zhang Fugui and Zhang Dazhuang borrowed 5,000 yuan from the Qilong Town Credit Union. He signed a loan contract with Manager Chen, and after completing the handover procedures, he thanked the town party secretary Yang Guoqiang, and after leaving the credit union, he went straight to Zhangjia Village.
This time, Zhang Fugui and Zhang Dazhuang discussed how to use the money and how to explain to the villagers how to temporarily disband the engineering team and build a brick kiln. After all, it was him who set off the frenzy in the hearts of the villagers. If he said that the engineering team was disbanded in the blink of an eye, it would be a heartbreaking for the whole village. In order to handle this matter well, he had to think about how to tell the villagers.
After Fugui and Dazhuang returned to the village, the whole village heard the news that Fugui came back from Qilong Town, and they were overjoyed and gathered in the place, shouting, "Fugui, how about it! Is this loan here?"
In order to cover up his inner displeasure, Zhang Fugui had to force his smile, "That's it, this loan has come, but it's a little less, because the credit cooperative in Qilong Town wants to see if our villagers can use this money in a better place, and what is a better place? It's said that steel must be used on the blade, so we consider using the money we borrowed to build a brick kiln first, and then building a house later."
The villagers listened seriously, but they didn't hear Zhang Fugui mention the engineering team, so they asked anxiously: "Fugui! What about our engineering team?"
"Don't we use the money we borrowed to build kilns and burn bricks? There is no money to buy those construction equipment, so the engineering team will put it aside first."
After hearing Fugui's words, the villagers were a little puzzled, and they shouted and cursed, "Fugui, has the engineering team disbanded? Is it all your Fugui's words that are fart?"
Seeing the villagers cursing at him, Zhang Fugui was a little speechless. After all, he proposed to build a project team first, and he also vowed to lead the villagers to become rich. However, after being told by the villagers, his heart became cold and he felt that he seemed too young and had not considered these many things well.
Dazhuang, who stood beside Fugui, angrily scolded the villagers, "You are all scolding everyone. Who did Fugui do this for? It's not just to make our villagers live a better life. Why are your heart so dark! Not only did you not care about Fugui, but you scolded him. Just now, Fugui said that the loan money was first built and burned bricks. When the bricks we burned make money, the credit union will give us a loan. It's not too late to start building a team of engineering teams to build houses! Why can't you turn your mind around? You only care about the little bit in your heart."
After Zhang Dazhuang said this, everyone suddenly became silent and lowered their heads and did not dare to speak again.
Just when everyone didn't dare to speak, Old Man Liu from Liujia Village came over. Old Man Liu knew that he was an outsider and couldn't say anything, but he couldn't stand it. He stood up and said, "Everyone knows that Old Man Liu is a good at making bricks and kilns in these ten miles of towns. Is it because of the generous village chief Zhang who came to Liujia Village to invite me. I can't do this job of building bricks and bricks. I just heard you curse and say that Village Chief Zhang said one by one, although I am not from Zhangjia Village, it's not my business, but you are cursing Village Chief Zhang. I just wanted to ask everyone, what are you scolding? This Village Chief Zhang didn't owe everyone anything, and didn't take everyone's money? "
"It's hard to find a good village chief like Village Chief Zhang. He can lead everyone to a responsibility system and live a good life with everyone. But you not only don't feel grateful, but also cursed Village Chief Zhang. You guys ask yourself, who is he for?"
After the old man Liu said this, everyone in Zhangjia Village was ashamed and dared not look up at Zhang Fugui again. Zhang Fugui knew that it was useless to be angry like this. It would be better to use actual labor. He smiled and said, "Fugui knew that Fugui had done something wrong. He did not think clearly and formed this engineering team first. But we guarantee that this is only temporary. When we make money from burning brick kilns, we can build houses and build houses. This is also Fugui's promise to everyone. If there is no house or house construction in Zhangjia Village in three years, everyone will dig a hole and bury me Zhang Fugui. I promise that my father Zhang Youcai and my wife and son will not look for the villagers."
The villagers all knew that they were wrong. They were like they were injected with chicken blood and had countless strength and no place to use it. They all shouted that they wanted to build a brick kiln.
Old Man Liu had already chosen a place to build a brick kiln on the way to come. This place is at the foot of Yingshan Mountain. Firstly, it is because the bottom of Yingshan Mountain is flat and convenient for transportation, and secondly, it is because the foot of the mountain is spacious, so there is no need to worry about the burned bricks being placed.
The strong men in the village carried two dustpans on their shoulders, and some followed Old Man Liu to Yingshan with hoes, preparing to swipe the rake to start cleaning the weeds around the foot of the mountain.
Zhang Fugui also swung his hoe and dug the weeds under his feet hard, and said to Dazhuang while he was drying: "I guess, let's build two brick kilns first to see how much money it costs. After the brick kiln is built, then see how much coal, how much carts of mud we have to use, and how many people we work. Back to Dazhuang, you and Uncle Liu, calculate how many bricks can be burned by a car of mud, and how much each brick needs to be. Remember to calculate how much money it costs to burn a kiln brick and how much money you can get by selling a brick, but you must figure it out clearly. This will also make it easier to see how much profit we can get in three months."
Dazhuang said, "Okay, after I finish my work, I will go to Uncle Liu and ask him to calculate with me. After all, he has a clear head in this regard."
A few days later, two more brick kilns were added at the foot of Yingshan. The surrounding weeds were also cleared out. The site was soon leveled out. The first car of soil was pulled into the site. The first batch of bricks were made under the guidance of Old Man Liu. Dazhuang took part of the money from the credit union to buy the first car of coal.
The new brick kiln also began to ignite the first fire to burn the new kiln. After just a few days of burning, someone came to place the first order. Although the order was only 400 bricks, it was a good start after all. Things were going very smoothly. The brick kiln was full of enthusiasm and confidence.
Faced with the passionate mood of the villagers, Zhang Fugui became a little calmer. After all, because he didn't think carefully enough, he almost broke up the villagers. So he thought about it again and again when making every decision. If he thought there was no problem, he would discuss it with Dazhuang and Old Man Liu to solve the problem.
This brick kiln is burning like a sunny day. Anyone who has come to buy it says that the bricks burned in Zhangjia Village have a very good texture, and the brick hearts are burned in a very clear way, but unlike those black-hearted people who burn the brick hearts are still black.
As more and more bricks are burned in brick kilns and their performance is getting better and better, some people in Yanjia Commune are anxious and want to make money by burning brick kilns. The number of people burning brick kilns is gradually increasing. More and more bricks are burned in the brick kilns in Zhangjia Village, and there are so many bricks everywhere at the foot of Yingshan Mountain. These bricks are not allowed to make money when they are placed, which makes Zhang Fugui so worried.
At this evening, Fugui called Dazhuang and Old Man Liu, and was about to discuss how to sell these bricks placed at the foot of Yingshan Mountain?
"We are rich and powerful! We have only built brick kilns for more than a month in Zhangjia Village. The Yanjia Commune, Lijia Village, and Fanjia Village have started to build kilns and burn bricks one after another. Therefore, the bricks in Zhangjia Village are only made and sold. These bricks cannot be exchanged for money. The bricks we started to burn in our brick kilns have made a lot of money, but now there are more bricks placed day by day. If this continues, the brick kilns in Zhangjia Village will have to drink the northwest wind, and you have to make a decision," said Zhang Dazhuang.
"That's it, I'm worried about wealth and honor! I just don't know what to do."
Old Man Liu burned bricks in the early years, and of course he knew how to make a profit. "We are rich! There are some special things to buy bricks. I know more or less about the old man who comes in and goes out. You said that if each brick is one or two cents cheaper than other brick kilns, then send the brick to the buyer. Do you think he will do it?"
Zhang Fugui's eyes lit up: "If you do it, you will definitely do it. If you don't take advantage of it, you will be idiot. If you don't have to pay for this brick, you will get one cent less. Even if I buy it myself, I will do it. However, there are only two chariots in our Zhangjia Village. It's okay to be closer. If the place is far away, you will definitely lose money when going back and forth."
"Captain Zhang, don't panic. I heard that the Yan family commune has two tractors, so we can pay them to help them pull it up."
"But it will not cost any longer to continue. Don't forget to lose money at that time, even the wages of our villagers can't be paid, then..."
Chapter completed!